Saturday, July 31, 2010

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

Double click to enlarge the image above.6:30 a.m. Thursday I strolled down my block, garden gloves in my pocket, looking for coleus flowers to nip. My local block association wanted to plant coleus and petunias in every treewell this year, and I volunteered for the nipping job during the growing season. At the end of the block, a nice pair of men's shoes rested among the coleus. This tree was in front of the laundry/dry cleaners. No one walking their dog or leaving for work seemed concerned.The shoes were gone by the next day.Writers NeededWhat's the New York story?I beg you to comment, three sentences or less, and tell our eagerly awaiting blog readers the backstory. For those who have trouble adding comments (you know who you are), email them to me and I'll add them to the post.

Additional Facts1.At the other end of the block, one of the treewells that I planted (now sans tree) is growing well without a pair of black shoes.2. Directly across the street from the black-shoe -treewell, next to a RightAide, the rats have taken over the territory.3.Where someone has cared enough to water the plants in front of their building the coleus looks as it was meant to.4. Where no one has watered during one of the hottest, driest July's on record, the plants look like this.5. Of course I HATE to brag, but.....mine.

5 comments:

Haha, that's what I love about NYC. You always can find a whole lot of odd things that seem normal. Maybe someone decided they wanted to walk barefoot for awhile? LOL. Although, I would never on city sidewalks!

A gentleman picked up his suit to wear to an important interview. He decided to wear his cordovan shoes not his black ones. He put the cordovan’s on and left the black pair to be picked up after his interview.